CBSE Class 8 English IEO Olympiad MCQs with Answers Set C

WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE.

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 15, CHOOSE THE BEST WORD TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE.

1. The curdling contents of the pan were then poured through a ____________.
A. ladle
B. sieve
C. grater
D. bowl
Answer : B

2. ________ is a policy to check the competence of academic institutions.
A. A ccreditation
B. A ccommodation
C. A cclimatisation
D. A ccumulation
Answer : A

3. The gifted band’s talented musical endeavour ____________ the audience.
A. enthralled
B. absorbed
C. condemned
D. preoccupied
Answer : A

4. The __________ goats which huddled in a group were guarded by the goatherd on the mountains.
A. daring
B. fearless
C. timid
D. unafraid
Answer : C

5. The hard seed was ______ in the fleshy juicy layer of edible fruit.
A. edged
B. encased
C. endorsed
D. enforced
Answer : B

6. Our serious concern is that while I am an optimist, she is a ____________.
A. pacifist
B. panelist
C. populist
D. pessimist
Answer : D

7. He was more _________ than the others to solve the various issues plaguing the community, because of his impeccable record. 
A. dishonest
B. mocker
C. worthy
D. untarnished
Answer : C

8. A __________ of camels was walking across the desert.
A. colony
B. train
C. pod
D. school
Answer : B

9. He was _________ to join the language course and he enjoyed it.
A. commented
B. commenced
C. complained
D. compelled
Answer : D

10. The racing car _____________ up after the terrifying crash.
A. dried
B. threw
C. dashed
D. blew
Answer : D

11. After the lecture, Manoj was ________ by the numerous questions that came to his mind.
A. perplexed
B. enlightened
C. entangled
D. hassled
Answer : A

12. Mary worked so _______ for this project.
A. diligently
B. hardly
C. gruelling
D. callous
Answer : A

13. Physical and mental exercise keeps the brain alert and _________.
A. able
B. agile
C. quiet
D. rapid
Answer : B

14. The teachers of the school are extremely good, intelligent and ___________.
A. complete
B. composite
C. competent
D. compact
Answer : C

15. The illusion gave the appearance of _______ to all those present in the auditorium.
A. reasonability
B. reality
C. readability
D. rationality
Answer : B

FOR QUESTIONS 16 TO 21, CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE OPTION .

16. The new workers were asked to contact the front desk. _________ they require any clarifications?
A. Ought
B. H ave to
C. Should
D. Rather
Answer : C

17. Amit has always been serious at his studies, _________ I can remember.
A. is always
B. for as long as
C. for as far as
D. because
Answer : B

18. He ________ to the Museum of Natural History to meet his friend who is waiting for him.
A. had been driving
B. has driven
C. have to drive
D. will be driving
Answer : D

19. He ________ writing the test as his wrist was hurting.
A. couldn’t
B. may be
C. might not have
D. shouldn’t have been
Answer : D

20. The group of tourists was ________ individually as per their request.
A. bill
B. billing
C. billed
D. had billed
Answer : C

21. The cobbled road ___________ to the market square, was crowded.
A. lead
B. leading
C. leads
D. is leading
Answer : B

READING

FOR QUESTIONS 22 TO 28, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

When I was twelve or thirteen years old, an uncle of mine who gave me my love for books and pictures promised to take me upon a memorable expedition. I was to go with him to the top of the tower in their village.
And so, one fine day, a sexton with a large key opened a mysterious door. “Ring the bell,” he said, “when you come back and want to get out,” and with a great grinding of rusty old hinges he separated us from the noise of the busy street and locked us into a world of new and strange experiences.
For the first time in my life I was confronted by the phenomenon of audible silence. When we had climbed the first flight of stairs, I added another discovery to my limited knowledge of natural phenomena—that of tangible darkness. A match showed us where the upward road continued. We went to the next floor and then to the next and the next until I had lost count and then there came still another floor, and suddenly we had plenty of light.
This floor was on an even height with the roof of the church, and it was used as a storeroom. Covered with many inches of dust, there lay the abandoned objects discarded by the good people of the city many years ago. That which had meant life and death to our ancestors was here reduced to junk and rubbish. The industrious rat had built his nest among the carved images and the ever watchful spider had opened up shop between the outspread arms of a kindly saint.
The next floor showed us from where we had derived our light. Enormous open windows with heavy iron bars made the high and barren room the roosting place of hundreds of pigeons. The wind blew through the iron bars and the air was filled with a weird and pleasing music. It was the noise of the town below us, but a noise which had been purified and cleansed by the distance. The rumbling of heavy carts and the clinking of horses’ hoofs, the winding of cranes and pulleys—they had all been blended into a softly rustling whisper which provided a beautiful background for the trembling cooing of the pigeons.

22. W hat was the boy confronted with for the first time in his life?
A. A puzzling door
B. Overwhelming silence
C. A huge key
D. A flight of stairs
Answer : B

23. W hat has been reduced to junk and rubbish?
A. Important heirlooms
B. W ooden statues
C. D iscarded items
D. Idols of saints
Answer : A

24. W hat did the boy need to do in order to get out?
A. A sk for the huge key
B. Ring the doorbell
C. Open a strange door
D. C limb the stairway
Answer : B

25. What did the boy lose count of?
A. The discarded objects
B. The flights of stairs
C. The number of floors climbed
D. The matches he struck
Answer : C

26. What did the different sounds blend into?
A . A soft whisper
B . The cooing of pigeons
C . The rolling of carts
D . The clanking of hoofs
Answer : A

27. How did light enter the room in the tower?
A . Through a strange door
B . Through open windows
C . From the top of the tower
D . From the roof of the church
Answer : B

28. How did they find their way up?
A . B y using a match they had
B . B y feeling the sides
C . B y following the sounds
D . B y heading towards the light
Answer : A

FOR QUESTIONS 29 TO 35, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FO LLOW.

A bird is a feathered animal. The covering of feathers is the only character common to all birds and not possessed by any other creature. The other characters—the bill, the wings, egg-laying, etc.—by which we usually distinguish birds from animals of other kinds are not exclusive bird characters. Turtles have beaks, and there is one species of mammal which has a bill like that of a duck. Many insects and one species of mammal (the bat) fly. Insects, fishes, and reptiles lay eggs, and there are several rare species of mammals that lay eggs and incubate them.
On the other hand, some birds are deficient in one or more of the typical bird characters. The ostrich cannot fly. The penguin can neither fly nor run, and cannot even walk well. The cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving to them the hatching and rearing of its young. These exceptional cases are very interesting. The characters which typically belong to birds attain their highest development in them. In most cases this is due to peculiar adaptable features of their feathers.
While placing birds below mammals in a simple classification of animals, naturalists note that birds are the most distinct class in the animal kingdom. When we compare birds and the lower mammals, and the relations of each class to man we see at once that nothing else could take the place of birds either in nature or in civilisation. Among birds are found the highest developments of animal locomotion and of the natural voice. Birds also have the capacity for language far beyond that of other creatures (except man) and family and community relations resembling those of the human race.
In the history of the world, mammals have been more useful to man than birds. But birds have given him some of his best ideas. With the advance of civilisation the lower mammals become less necessary and birds more necessary to him. It has been said that “on the earth and on the sea, man has attained the powers of locomotion with which, in strength, endurance, and velocity, no animal movement can compare. But the air is an element on which he cannot travel, an ocean which he cannot navigate. The birds of heaven are still his envy, and on the paths they tread he cannot follow.” Since that was written practical flying machines have been invented. But in these, as in boats and ships, man has merely devised a machine which under his control can do labouriously and at great risk what the bird does naturally and easily. To birds man is indebted for his first lessons in navigating the water as well as for his ideas about airships.

29. W hat is the most distinctive feature of all birds?
A. They lay eggs.
B. They have beaks.
C. They can fly.
D. They have feathers
Answer : D

30. W hich is the most distinct class in the animal kingdom?
A. M ammals
B. B irds
C. Reptiles
D. A mphibians
Answer : B

31. M an is indebted to birds for __________.
A. wading through water
B. the concept of airships
C. the advancement of civilisation
D. the highest development
Answer : B

32. The highest developments found in birds are similar to ___________.
A. fish
B. amphibians
C. reptiles
D. humans
Answer : D

33. Except man, who has the best capacity for language?
A. M ammals
B. B irds
C. Reptiles
D. Fish
Answer : B

34. In the history of the world, who has been more useful to man?
A. M ammals
B. B irds
C. Reptiles
D. A mphibians
Answer : A

35. W hat do the naturalists observe in the simple classification of animals?
A. B irds are the most distinct class.
B. M ammals are placed above birds.
C. B ird locomotion if highly developed.
D. B irds communicate using language.
Answer : A

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

FOR QUESTIONS 36 TO 40, CHOOSE THE BEST RESPONSE FOR THE GIVEN SITUATION .

36. Kavya : “Where were you last evening?”
Manya : “My colleagues planned an impromptu party and we had a whale of a time.”
What does Manya mean by her reply?
A. They had lots of free time.
B. They had a lot of fun.
C. They were late, very late.
D. They party very rarely.
Answer : B

37. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me means - _____________.
A. You should learn from your mistakes
B. I am not as silly as I look
C. P eople can be cruel so be careful
D. I am not an easy person to lie to
Answer : A

38. Nalini : “We are going to meet the teacher. Are you coming?”
Shalini : “_________, let me get my keys.”
A. H and over
B. H ang on
C. H ang up
D. H and in
Answer : B

39. Pooja : “I am glad to have met you.”
Pinky : “Me too. I _______ to meeting you again.”
A. am looking down
B. am looking forward
C. am on look out
D. will look after
Answer : B

40. Basu : “How was the movie?”
Vasu : “Great. The movie was better than I had _______________.”
A. banked on
B. boiled down to
C. bargained for
D. brought in on
Answer : C

FOR QUESTIONS 41 TO 45, CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION TO FILL IN THE BLANKS

Deepa : I love shopping because it is a very 41 experience.
Sarita : I prefer to go shopping only when I know I have plenty of time.
Deepa : It’s a leisure activity and an enjoyable experience but 42 very tiring.
Sarita : I like strolling through the stores and looking at what they have, at my own pace.
Deepa : It is a great opportunity to get  out, enjoy some fresh air and see the new things in the shops.
Sarita : I end up seeing and meeting people I have not seen for a long time.
Deepa : Same here. We 43 and talk about our jobs, lives, health, and, of course, family.
Sarita : I agree. We also talk about politics and other relevant issues. Yesterday I 44 to meet, one of my classmates from university who I had not seen for 10 years. We were 45 to see each other and it was great to catch up.

41.
A. unsociable
B. relaxing
C. uncommon
D. neighbourly
Answer : B

42.
A. then
B. belatedly
C. eventually
D. in conclusion
Answer : C

43.
A. gain on
B. loom up
C. creep up
D. catch up
Answer : D

44.
A. happened
B. chanced
C. spring in
D. move toward
Answer : A

45.
A. sad
B. volatile
C. happy
D. worried
Answer : C

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 TO 49, CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE OPTION .

46. One corpus, many ___________
A. corpses
B. corpora
C. corpori
D. corpi
Answer : B

47. They had no substantial research so their support to the argument was quite ________.
A. senile
B. subtle
C. flimsy
D. slight
Answer : C

48. The annual board meeting ended in chaos and ___________.
A. confusion
B. confession
C. compression
D. comprehension
Answer : A

49. A bhijeet ____________ from the technological university in July with flying colours.
A. have graduated
B. graduate
C. is graduating
D. graduated
Answer : D

50. choose the best response for the given situation.
Shubh : “I am very confident. We will have a huge profit next quarter.”
Shubha : “________________.”
A. Now that’s more like it
B. You have the best of both
C. The ball is in your court
D. It’s a blessing in disguise
Answer : A